An analysis of posting on job sites shows that ads featuring descriptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities got more responses from highly qualified applicants. Most of them were willing to work for less than top dollar. In one experiment, candidates who received information about an employer’s CSR submitted wage bids that were 44 percent lower, for the exact same job, than applicants responding to ads where the CSR information was left out.
This article was originally published on September 16, 2016
